Tag: mutations
Swamidass: Cancer “Can Innovate”
Cancer proves evolution only insofar as one forgets, or pretends not to know, what evolution is supposed to explain.
Giraffe Weekend: “You Cannot Simply Stretch out the Neck”
The giraffe is one of those all-star icons of evolution, familiar from textbook covers, that falls apart on closer inspection.
Undeniable Intuitions and Unbelievable Coincidences
Any appeal to accidental processes to accomplish an unbelievable coincidence is really just an appeal to unbelievable coincidence.
Sonny and Cher Meet Witt and Leisola
Leisola, of course, is a Finnish bioengineer who realized through his work that life could not have assembled itself through unguided processes.
Of Whales and Timescales
The changes involved in adapting a generic mammalian template into a whale are certainly not all simple, independent, single-letter changes.